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After you activate it then you can download an app onto another iPhone or log into the programme on a mac or pc.{www.icloud.com} By entering your apple id you can then bring up a gps map which will show where it is. You can then track it, send it a text message, wipe it of data or lock it out.

If the finder of the phone knows about this feature then they can disable the feature so you have to be quick !

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That phone is gone, there is probably nothing left in it that's "yours" since you didn't install anything.

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I misplace my phone a lot when I go from back and forth places. Also, the hardest time I misplace my iPhone is at home. Find My iPhone is useless is since I already know it's here. But, I don't look at that. My landline phone is also connected via bluetooth to my iPhone. I just look at the landline phone and see if there is a connection. If there, phone is in the house. I can try and send it that repeating sound and hope it's not muffled at all. I do this also with my with my BT car audio, still working on a BT for me. This may not be the best way to search for a lost/misplaced. But, it works for me.

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I misplace my phone a lot when I go from back and forth places. Also, the hardest time I misplace my iPhone is at home. Find My iPhone is useless is since I already know it's here.

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Find My iPhone is definitely useful. You can use Find My iPhone to direct the phone to make a "pinging" noise - regardless of the position of the mute switch or the volume setting. Very handy. I have used that on more than one occasion to locate my phone, I knew I was within 20 feet of it but needed the sound to narrow it down.

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